Ill-Equipped History

Year 3 Bloopers, Outtakes, and Untold Stories

Thank y'all so much for your support for the last 3 years! We are so grateful for every single one of you! We we hope you enjoy this year's blooper reel as much as we did! 

Beatrix Potter: The Rebellious Woman behind Peter Rabbit

Episode 157. Emileigh and Morgan had the pleasure to go through the life of Beatrix Potter. She started her life as a curious, animal loving, and rebellious child and continued her life in much the same way. She lived her life on her own terms and Peter Rabbit was just a wonderful part of it. 
 
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Sources
https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Beatrix-Potter/
 
Beatrix Potter Documentary 
 
https://www.linnean.org/the-society/history-of-science/beatrix-potter-the-tale-of-the-linnean-society
 
https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/caring-for-our-collections/beatrix-potter-christmas-card-designer?srsltid=AfmBOopjyuAFJnkZi0pf_YfI-xvn1D_4L80N2QXZ_B2xaFffzTPP3XHd

The Bone Wars

Episode 156. O.C. Marsh and E.D. Cope were friends turned rival paleontologists who together found over 100 species of dinosaurs in the late 1800s. The depths of their pettiness toward each other was immense; from bashing each other in academic journals to attempting to use a government position to confiscate property. Learn how these two men battled it out in the field to be the best paleontologist ever. 
 
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Sources
 
“The Two Paleontologists Who Had a Bone to Pick with Each Other” 
https://www.wttw.com/prehistoric-road-trip/detours/the-two-paleontologists-who-had-a-bone-to-pick-with-each-other
 
“The bitter dinosaur feud at the heart of palaeontology” by Martha Henriques (Jan 19 2023)
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230119-the-dinosaur-feud-at-the-heart-of-palaeontology
 
“Bone Wars” by Micah Issitt (2023)
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/bone-wars
 
“This Means War! A History of the Bone Wars” 
https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2012/11/this-means-war-history-of-bone-wars
 
“O.C. Marsh and E.D. Cope: A Rivalry” 
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/dinosaur-rivalry/
 
Sound Credits:
Sound Effect by Neo Theone from Pixabay 
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-pen-writing-sfx-430839/
 
Music by Trygve Larsen from Pixabay 
https://pixabay.com/music/solo-classical-instruments-dionisio-aguado-alegreto1-classical-guitar-played-on-harpsichord-7726/

Butch Cassidy: The Outlaw Robin Hood

Episode 155. Butch Cassidy is one of the most notorious Wild West Outlaws in history. Known for being charismatic and cleaver, he cemented his legacy as also being the least violent by claiming on never taking a life himself. In this episode, Emileigh and Morgan take a look at his beginnings and his very mysterious endings. 
 
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Sources:
https://www.utah.com/things-to-do/attractions/old-west/butch-cassidy/
 
Butch Cassidy YouTube Video 
 
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/butch-cassidy-and-sundance-kid-timeline/
 
https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/jacket-copy/story/2011-08-15/rare-books-collector-claims-to-have-butch-cassidys-manuscript
 
https://www.history.com/articles/the-mysterious-deaths-of-butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid
 

Liu Bang: Peasant turned Han Emperor

Episode 154. Liu Bang was a peasant who, through shrewdness, political machinations, and betrayal, worked his way up to the founding emperor of the Han dynasty, one of China's golden ages. Listen to how Liu Bang climbed to the top without a moral or ethical code. 
 
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Sources
“Liu Bang - The Peasant Scoundrel Who Founded the Han Dynasty. (Complete Series)” by the Cool History Bros channel on YouTube 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpBgawuphf8 
 
“Gaozu” by Britannica Editors”
 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gaozu-emperor-of-Han-dynasty
 
“Liu Bang (256-195 BC) - Founder and Emperor of the Han Dynasty” 
https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/china-history/liu-bang.htm
 
“Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China” by Jimmy Chen (Dec 21 2024)
https://www.thecollector.com/liu-bang-how-peasant-emperor-china/
 
“Liu Bang, from Peasant Rebel to Emperor” by Benjamin Breen
https://origins.osu.edu/milestones/february-2013-liu-bang-peasant-rebel-emperor
 
Sound Credits:
 
Music by Freddy Hill from Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/music/world-the-chinese-modern-143818/  
 
Music by Rinesh Scorings from Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/music/build-up-scenes-the-war-184745/

The Piltdown Man Hoax

Episode 153. Charles Dawson wanted to go down in history as a respected archeologist. But the choices he made left him with a legacy of a fraud and tricked the scientific community for over four decades. 
 
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Sources: 
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/do53pi.html
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3gvpz427po
 
https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-problem-of-piltdown-man/
 
Worlds greatest Hoaxes: TV show 
 
https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/charles-dawson/
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dawson#Alleged_discoveries
 
https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/homo-heidelbergensis

John Paul Jones: America's Naval Hero

Episode 152. John Paul Jones was a Scottish-American sailor who fought against the British in the Revolutionary War. He is considered a naval hero and the "father of the US Navy." There's also a much darker secret that is largely unknown to this day. TRIGGER WARNING for sexual abuse. Listener discretion advised. 
 
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Sources
“John Paul Jones” by history.com editors (Oct 29 2009; updated May 28 2025)
https://www.history.com/articles/john-paul-jones
 
“John Paul Jones” (updated Mar 5 2020)
https://www.revolutionary-war.net/john-paul-jones/
 
“John Paul Jones Biography & Facts” by Edward St. Germain
https://www.americanrevolution.org/john-paul-jones-biography/
 
“John Paul Jones” 
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/john-paul-jones
 
“John Paul Jones Life Chronology” 
https://www.seacoastnh.com/Maritime-History/John-Paul-Jones/John-Paul-Jones-Timeline/
 
“Paris - John Paul Jones House”
https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/site_details.php?SiteID=238
 
“John Paul Jones” by Britannica Editors (Feb 18 2026)
https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Paul-Jones-United-States-naval-officer
 
“‘Я Тоже:’ The Rape of Katerina Stepanova and John Paul Jones’ Russian Legacy” by Jacob Bell (Apr 2019). Past Tense, volume 7 issue 1. Pp. 36-56
https://pasttensejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/past-tense-vol-7-spring-2019-2.pdf
 
Sound Credits:
 
Sound Effect by Universfield from Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-powerful-cannon-shot-352459/
 
Sound Effect by michael koreli from Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/nature-sea-waves-169411/
 
Sound Effect by freesound_community from Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/city-ship-creaking-24b-30119/
 
Sound Effect by freesound_community from Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-wooden-ship-break-85277/
 
Sound Effect by freesound_community from Pixabay 
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/city-angry-mob-loop-6847/
 
Sound Effect by David Dumais from Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-grenade-explosion-14-190266/
 
Sound Effect by freesound_community from Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/people-crowd-of-boys-cheering-102732/
 
Sound Effect by Otto from Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-creaking-wood-199971/

The Watermelon War: Pandemonium in Panama

Episode 151. Emileigh and Morgan detail the unbelievable story of how an argument over one 5 cent slice of watermelon started a riot and changed the politics in Panama for the following 100 years. 
 
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The Rosetta Stone: Discovery and Translation

Episode 150. For hundreds of years, ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs were a mystery. The ability to read them had been lost to time, and scholars wondered if their secrets would ever be revealed. In 1799, a stone was recovered the town of el Rashid, also known as Rosetta. This stone had three styles of text carved into its face: hieroglyphs, Demotic, and ancient Greek. With time, consistency, and perseverance, the symbols were finally translated; Egyptology finally became an area of official study. 
 
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Sources
“Translation of the Rosetta Stone” from The Nile, Notes for Travellers in Egypt by E.A. Walis Budge (1905). 9th Edition, London, Thos. Cook and Son. pp 199-211. 
https://sacred-texts.com/egy/trs/trs07.htm
 
“Everything you ever wanted to know about the Rosetta Stone” (Jul 14 2017, updated Dec 18 2025)
https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/everything-you-ever-wanted-know-about-rosetta-stone
 
“What Is the Rosetta Stone?” by Elizabeth Nix (Apr 1 2015, updated Mar 2 2025)
https://www.history.com/articles/what-is-the-rosetta-stone
 
“Two Hundred Years Ago, the Rosetta Stone Unlocked the Secrets of Ancient Egypt” by Meilan Solly (Sept 27 2022)
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/rosetta-stone-hieroglyphs-champollion-decipherment-egypt-180980834/
 
“The Rosetta Stone” by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker 
https://smarthistory.org/the-rosetta-stone/
 
“The Rosetta Stone: Unlocking the Ancient Egyptian Language” by Roy Scalf 
https://arce.org/resource/rosetta-stone-unlocking-ancient-egyptian-language/
 
“Ptolemy V Epiphanes”
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ptolemy-V-Epiphanes
 
“Thomas Young, The Last Man Who Knew Everything” 
https://steven-shepard.com/2025/01/22/thomas-young-the-last-man-who-knew-everything/
 
“Jean-François Champollion (1790-1832)” 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/champollion_jean.shtml
 
“Egyptian Campaign” 
https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/egyptian-campaign
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Paper handling.wav by sethlind -- https://freesound.org/s/265020/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
 
Running_wood.wav by taure -- https://freesound.org/s/363470/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
 
Run & Fall - Wooden surface by Vrymaa -- https://freesound.org/s/810885/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
 
Music by Tomomi Kato from Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/music/modern-classical-baroque-style-423524/
 

Jacques-Yves Cousteau: The Father of Scuba Diving

Episode 149. Emileigh and Morgan dive into the wonderful, wild, and dramatic world of Jacques Cousteau. 
 
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https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/jacques-cousteau--3
 
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/jacques-cousteau
 
https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-e0405c04-fab6-497c-9482-63d08deeb881?distributionPartner=google
 
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/cousteau-suit-names-son-3130709.php